Quarry Profile
An in-depth look at the operation and market forces affecting quarries around Europe
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Quality investment
With celebrations planned for the company's centenary, the Marocca Group's Alberto Marocca talks to Claire Symes about plans for the Anagni Quarry's next 100 years .. Read more..
Dunduff goes mobile
When the time came to change its old static crushing plant, one Scottish quarry decided to go mobile and bought an entirely new system. Patrick Smith reports.. Read more..
Private prosperity
Nine years on from privatisation Poland's Kopalnie Porfiru I Diabazu attributes it success to continual investment. Claire Symes visited the site to find out more..... Read more..
Cost conscious management
Rebuilding existing equipment and shrewd investment in used machines is helping one limestone quarry in Belgium to maximise the bottom line. Claire Symes reports..... Read more..
Automated efficiency
Construction of a motorway dividing the Mions Quarry in Lyon, France gave the site the opportunity to change its approach to extraction and processing. Claire Symes visited the site to find out mo.. Read more..
Restoring confidence
Gaining permission to extend a quarry is the Holy Grail for many quarry operators but to achieve that inside a national park is almost impossible. Nonetheless, Tarmac's Swinden Quarry in North Y.. Read more..
Molto bene Montichiari
Family-owned quarry operator Vezzola is proving that there is still profit to be made from quarrying despite the economic downturn. Claire Symes visited the company's Montichiari plant to find o.. Read more..
Mountainside operation
High in the French Pyrenees lays the world's largest talc quarry. Claire Symes visited Rio Tinto Minerals' Trimouns quarry to find out more. Mention talc, and most people would think of t.. Read more..
Italian ingenuity
Producing carbon dioxide for a local sugar factory 100 years ago led Italy-based Edilcalce into the quarrying sector. Claire Symes visited the Perugia quarry to find out more.. Read more..
Exhibiting excellence
While Europe's quarrying industry will be heading to Neider-Ofleiden in Germany for Steinexpo in September, ABE has been taking a look at the quarry that hosts the tri-annual event.. Read more..
